Grand Prix: | French |
Flag: | France |
Official Name: | Grand Prix de France[1] |
Location: | Bugatti Circuit |
Course Mi: | 4.352 |
Course Km: | 7.004 |
Race No: | 9 |
Season No: | 12 |
Date: | 21 July |
Year: | 1985 |
Pole Rider 500: | Freddie Spencer |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Pole Time 500: | 1:33.470 |
Fast Rider 500: | Unknown |
First Rider 500: | Freddie Spencer |
First Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Second Rider 500: | Raymond Roche |
Second Rider 500 Country: | FRA |
Third Rider 500: | Randy Mamola |
Third Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Pole Rider 250: | Unknown |
Fast Rider 250: | Unknown |
First Rider 250: | Freddie Spencer |
First Rider 250 Country: | USA |
Second Rider 250: | Anton Mang |
Second Rider 250 Country: | BRD |
Third Rider 250: | Fausto Ricci |
Third Rider 250 Country: | ITA |
Pole Rider 125: | Unknown |
Fast Rider 125: | Unknown |
First Rider 125: | Ezio Gianola |
First Rider 125 Country: | ITA |
Second Rider 125: | Fausto Gresini |
Second Rider 125 Country: | ITA |
Third Rider 125: | Bruno Kneubühler |
Third Rider 125 Country: | SUI |
Pole Rider 80: | Unknown |
Fast Rider 80: | Unknown |
First Rider 80: | Ángel Nieto |
First Rider 80 Country: | ESP |
Second Rider 80: | Stefan Dörflinger |
Second Rider 80 Country: | SUI |
Third Rider 80: | Henk van Kessel |
Third Rider 80 Country: | NED |
The 1985 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 1985 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans.
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | |||
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1 | Freddie Spencer | Rothmans Team HRC | Honda | 45'58.330 | 15 | |||
2 | Raymond Roche | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +15.710 | 12 | |||
3 | Randy Mamola | Rothmans Honda Mamola | Honda | +19.800 | 10 | |||
4 | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | +26.890 | 8 | |||
5 | Ron Haslam | Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | +33.850 | 6 | |||
6 | Pierre-Etienne Samin | Honda Benelux Elf | Honda | +1'22.750 | 5 | |||
7 | Sito Pons | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1'28.060 | 4 | |||
8 | Gustav Reiner | Zwafink & Wilberts Racing | Honda | +1 lap | 3 | |||
9 | Fabio Biliotti | Team Italia | Honda | +1 lap | 2 | |||
10 | Mike Baldwin | Honda | +1 lap | 1 | ||||
11 | Armando Errico | Team Italia | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
12 | Franco Uncini | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
13 | Wolfgang Von Muralt | Frankonia-Suzuki | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
14 | Rob Punt | Oud Bier | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
15 | Dietmar Mayer | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
16 | Maurice Coq | Suzuki | +1 lap | |||||
17 | Simon Buckmaster | Sid Griffiths Racing | Suzuki | +2 lap | ||||
18 | Andreas Leuthe | Honda | +2 laps | |||||
Ret | Neil Robinson | Jim Finlay Racing | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Didier de Radiguès | Honda Benelux Elf | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Marco Gentile | Yamaha | Retired | |||||
Ret | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha | Yamaha | Accident | ||||
Ret | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Rob McElnea | Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Suzuki | Retired | ||||
Ret | Christian Le Liard | Team ROC | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Stelio Marmaras | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
Ret | Eero Hyvärinen | Honda | Accident | |||||
Ret | Boet van Dulmen | Shell-Toshiba Racing Team | Honda | Accident | ||||
Ret | Dave Petersen | Kreepy Krauly Racing | Honda | Accident | ||||
Ret | Massimo Messere | Team Italia | Honda | Retired | ||||
Ret | Louis-Luc Maisto | Honda | Retired | |||||
DNS | Claude Arciero | Honda | Did not start | |||||
DNS | Thierry Espié | Chevallier | Did not start | |||||
DNQ | René Lavigne | Honda | Did not qualify | |||||
Sources:[2] [3] |